FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

ANIMAS INSULIN INFUSION PUMP

MDR report key: 2241394 · Received September 9, 2011

Report

Report Number
2531779-2011-06681
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
September 9, 2011
Report Date
August 12, 2011
Manufacturer
ANIMAS CORPORATION
Product Code
LZG
PMA / PMN Number
K042873
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
UK
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

THE PUMP HAS NOT BEEN RETURNED TO ANIMAS FOR EVALUATION. ANIMAS HAS CONDUCTED A REVIEW OF THE DEVICE HISTORY RECORD FOR THIS PUMP AND CONFIRMED THAT IT WAS OPERATING WITHIN REQUIRED SPECIFICATIONS AT THE TIME OF RELEASE. IF THE DEVICE IS RETURNED, AN EVALUATION SHALL BE COMPLETED AND A SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT WILL BE FILED. NO CONCLUSIONS CAN BE MADE AT THIS TIME.

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

FOLLOW UP #1 SUBMITTED: (B)(4) 2012 - DEVICE EVALUATION: THE INSULIN PUMP HAS BEEN RETURNED AND ADDITIONAL INVESTIGATION WAS PERFORMED BY PRODUCT ANALYSIS ON (B)(6) 2012 WITH THE FOLLOWING FINDINGS: REVIEW OF THE BLACK BOX AND DOWNLOAD HISTORY REVEALED EVIDENCE OF POWER ON RESETS ON (B)(6) 2012. ON EXAMINATION, THE BATTERY CAP RETURNED WITH THE PUMP WAS FREE OF PHYSICAL DAMAGE, AS WAS THE PUMP'S BATTERY COMPARTMENT. ON TESTING, THE PUMP POWERED ON NORMALLY. THE PUMP WAS EXERCISED FOR 24 HOURS WITH NO DELIVERY ISSUES. THE PUMP WAS EVALUATED AND FOUND TO BE OPERATING WITHIN REQUIRED SPECIFICATIONS AND DELIVERING INSULIN ACCURATELY. THE PUMP WAS OPENED FOR INVESTIGATION AND DID NOT REVEAL ANY EVIDENCE OF MOISTURE OR DEFECT OF THE PUMP'S INTERIOR. INVESTIGATION WAS NOT ABLE TO DUPLICATE THE COMPLAINT.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

THE PATIENT REPORTED THAT THREE DAYS AGO SHE WOKE UP AND THERE WAS NO POWER TO HER PUMP. SHE CHANGED HER BATTERY AND HER PUMP BEGAN WORKING FINE. SHE CHANGED HER BATTERY AND THE PUMP THEN FUNCTIONED PROPERLY. PRIOR TO HER PUMP POWERING OFF SHE SAID SHE RECEIVED NO LOW BATTERY OR REPLACE BATTERY WARNING. THE BATTERY CAP WAS INTACT. THERE WAS NO REPORTED PATIENT IMPACT ASSOCIATED WITH THIS COMPLAINT.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 ANIMAS INSULIN INFUSION PUMP INSULIN INFUSION PUMP LZG ANIMAS CORPORATION ANM 2020 INSULIN INFUSION PUMP

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 20 YR